Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great innovation.

Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on trying.

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.

Industrial societies can only be run successfully by dictators or oligarchs.

Because men have so long ruled the world, it does not follow that the philosophy by which they have ruled it is the correct one.

Feminists have emphasized for a long time the importance of each woman's individual entity and the necessity of economic independence. Perhaps it was necessary. But now I think we need some emphasis on the instinctive side of life, sex and motherhood.... Life isn't all earning your living. Unfortunately we fall in love and Feminism must take that into consideration.

Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.